netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next RFC v4 3/5] dt-bindings: net: phy: add timestamp preferred choice property

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Message-ID: <20230412131421.3xeeahzp6dj46jit@skbuf>
Date:   Wed, 12 Apr 2023 16:14:21 +0300
From:   Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
To:     Köry Maincent <kory.maincent@...tlin.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, kuba@...nel.org, glipus@...il.com,
        maxime.chevallier@...tlin.com, vadim.fedorenko@...ux.dev,
        richardcochran@...il.com, gerhard@...leder-embedded.com,
        thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com, krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org,
        robh+dt@...nel.org, linux@...linux.org.uk
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next RFC v4 3/5] dt-bindings: net: phy: add timestamp
 preferred choice property

On Thu, Apr 06, 2023 at 07:33:06PM +0200, Köry Maincent wrote:
> From: Kory Maincent <kory.maincent@...tlin.com>
> 
> Add property to select the preferred hardware timestamp layer.
> The choice of using devicetree binding has been made as the PTP precision
> and quality depends of external things, like adjustable clock, or the lack
> of a temperature compensated crystal or specific features. Even if the
> preferred timestamp is a configuration it is hardly related to the design
> of the board.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kory Maincent <kory.maincent@...tlin.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-phy.yaml | 7 +++++++
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-phy.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-phy.yaml
> index ac04f8efa35c..32d7ef7520e6 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-phy.yaml
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-phy.yaml
> @@ -144,6 +144,13 @@ properties:
>        Mark the corresponding energy efficient ethernet mode as
>        broken and request the ethernet to stop advertising it.
>  
> +  preferred-timestamp:
> +    enum:
> +      - phy
> +      - mac
> +    description:
> +      Specifies the preferred hardware timestamp layer.
> +
>    pses:
>      $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/phandle-array
>      maxItems: 1
> -- 
> 2.25.1
>

Do we need this device tree functionality?